- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Shouldn't moved threads be deleted instead of locked? This doesn't happen too often, but when a forum is full of moved threads, it can really clog up the page. It doesn't look as smooth and clean. Besides, if you go to a forum, you want to see topics about what that forum is for - not a bunch of locked threads about something completely different.
I of course realize the downside of this. A poster checks back on his thread in a forum to notice that it's gone. Maybe he thinks it's on the 2nd page or something, but he soon realizes it's actually gone. Then he proceeds to post some unnessecary comment about "OMGz!!!!!!!!!1 \/\/h3r3 b3 my 7hr34d!!!1"
Here's my suggestion. The thread is moved along with all of it's replies and such - just like how it is now. But instead of keeping the old post, locking it, and showing the "This thread has moved...yada yada" an automated PM is sent to the person who started the thread saying basically the exact same thing that is now said in the forum post (including a link to where their thread now resides)
Now, I realize this still isn't perfect. In general threads are locked for a reason. Other members can see locked threads and it serves as a type of "warning" for them. So you could make the argument that there will actually be more off topic threads in one space if this is implemented. But in truth, it really depends. If some one isn't going to read the rules, would they read the other posts being locked in the forum? It's more likely, but I'm not sure if it's enough to say that the forums would look worse.
What do you guys think. It's pretty much a toss-up between how the forum looks and letting members see others' mistakes. Which is more important?